Plot: A gate to a different world appeared in Mikado city. In order to combat the "Neighbors" who poured through and attacked, an organization called Border was established that uses special technology against the invaders. Osamu Mikumo is an agent-in-training of the Border defense agency. When he tries to protect his classmates from an attacking Neighbor, a transfer student named Yuma Kuga jumps in and saves him and reveals that he himself is a neighbor... (B+)

Characters: A-

Art & Animation: Animation can be surprisingly lazy (especially apparent in the first episode's opening exposition), and background art can be sloppy at times as well -- C+

Voice Acting: A

Music: B

Objectionable Content: profanity, mild blood

Other: There is also a manga. The adaptation follows pretty closely thus far.

Plot: In a world where "magic" is now quantified and used by means of technology, the magicians' powers are honed in special schools. Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba have just enrolled in Private Magic University Affiliated High School. Miyuki is grouped with the elite in Course 1, while Tatsuya, due to his low test scores, is placed in Course 2 and treated as inferior. But he has a few secrets tucked away that will impact not only the school, but maybe even the country... (An interesting premise, but segments of the story drag while important questions remain unanswered. -- B-)

Characters: B-

Art & Animation: A

Voice Acting: A-

Music: A-

Objectionable Content: Blood, innuendo/fan service, profanity

Other: I personally wasn't very attached to the cast, and as the series goes on, it gets surprisingly bloody.

Like many other anime recently, this one is adapted from a light novel. I've never read the light novel or manga versions.

Plot: Usagi is your average, hungry, teen-aged girl until she comes across a cat named Luna that unlocks her latent powers as "Sailor Moon". Usagi looks for other senshi to combat the forces of a mysterious enemy that is searching for the legendary Silver Crystal. (So far, the plot is very repetitive, and conflicts are dull. C+)

Characters: I think this is where the reboot really falls flat. The relationships between the girls feel forced and contrived. C+

Art & Animation: B-

Voice Acting: B+

Music: B-

Objectionable Content: mild

Other: I know I'm probably going to get some backlash for this, but... I am so disappointed in this reboot -- more disappointed than I thought I would be, considering that it's an anime I was only really into for a brief period of time. The original was so fun and full of life, and this one feels like it's just trying to cover material.

Plot: When the princess of Mars comes to Earth on a diplomatic mission, chaos breaks loose: in what appears to be an act of terror, the princess and her escort are attacked. Believing that the princess is dead, Mars ruthlessly attacks Earth with their Aldnoah drive-powered mechs-- leaving Earth's defenses terribly outmatched. Raw recruit Inaho and his friends are forced into the fighting to protect civilians, and when they come under attack by one of the Martian aristocrats, the kids discover that the Martian princess is still alive. (B+)

Characters: Many of them are quite flat. (B-)

Art & Animation: A

Voice Acting: A-

Music: Sometimes overdone or has vocals that pull you out of the scene (A-)

Objectionable Content: Blood, profanity

Other: The story is pretty much things we've seen, with a very political Gundam-esque war theme. The main character is extremely drab, the character I was rooting for is, frustratingly, mainly used as a whipping boy, and, even though the series showed promise, unfortunately... it doesn't get much better.

Plot: Renton dreams of escaping his mundane life with his mechanic grandfather, and when LFO pilot, Eureka, comes to the shop, bringing trouble behind her, he gets his wish -- he is brought into the Gekko State, a group of pilot-mercenaries that he has always looked up to. But he soon finds out that the Gekko State isn't all it's cracked up to be. (There's a lot more to it than this, but it's rather convoluted. B-)

Characters: B+

Art & Animation: A

Voice Acting: A

Music: B+

Objectionable Content: Blood, profanity, sexual content

Other: I tackled this series after a friend recommended it to me. As I said up in the "plot" section, there's a lot of stuff going on in this series, and it can get pretty confusing. There's Renton and Eureka's relationship, the military being after Gekko State, conflict between humans and these strange beings known as "scrub coral" (the most confusing part) and a bunch of smaller plots. There are some really good parts and some parts I really disliked or found unnecessary. So this series is kind of a mixed bag, and on top of that, you come out of it scratching your head.